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Kaylee McKeown Ponders Steps Towards 200IM Assault As Olympic And Paralympic Stars Line Up For NSW Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s premier Olympic swim coach Michael Bohl<\/strong> has given an insight into a \u201cnon-stop\u201d racing schedule and the decisions facing his triple Olympic golden girl Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> (Griffith University, QLD) on the road to Paris 2024.<\/p>\n

McKeown<\/strong>\u00a0will join fellow Tokyo stars Ariarne Titmus<\/strong> (St Peters Western, QLD) and\u00a0Emma McKeon<\/strong>\u00a0(Griffith University, QLD) and Rio golden boys\u00a0Kyle Chalmers<\/strong>\u00a0(Marion, SA) and\u00a0Mack Horton<\/strong>\u00a0(Griffith University, QLD) in the strongest array of talent seen in five years at this week\u2019s three-day 2023 NSW State Open Swimming Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre (SOPAC) \u2013 starting Friday.<\/p>\n

For McKeown it comes just two weeks after her stunning performances at the Victorian State Championships where she dominated not only in her specialist 100m, backstroke but also in the 100m breaststroke and 100m freestyle as she plots her racing program and ponders an assault on the 200 individual medley.<\/p>\n

MCKEOWN\u2019S MASTERCLASS AT VICTORIAN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Olympic, World LC and SC and Commonwealth champion over 200m backstroke has entered five events in Sydney \u2013 the 50, 100 and 200m backstroke, the 100m butterfly as well as the 200IM, an event that is quickly becoming a top-heavy target.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe medley is an option for her \u2013 not the 400m IM but certainly the 200IM \u2013 there will be double ups in both the World Championships and Olympics and we\u2019re not going to commit and say she\u2019s definitely doing the medley \u2013 but she is certainly doing the work for the medley plus the backstrokes,\u201d said Bohl.<\/p>\n

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WALKIN’ ON WATER: Kaylee McKeown caught just at the right moment in a Cairns training camp. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good for her not just concentrating on the backstrokes which creates pressure for her (swimming that one stroke) so it\u2019s just nice swimming a couple of freestyle races, the breaststrokes, the medley and she will just mix it up a bit over these next three or four meets, starting with the NSW Championships this weekend, then the Australian Championships on the Gold Coast in April and then the Sydney Open (Uni Nationals) in May before the Trials (in Melbourne) in June.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll just keeping changing up her events over the next 15 or 16 weeks, just try and cover all the bases for the backstrokes and medley and make some decisions closer to the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no need to make any decisions at this point…it\u2019s about getting the work in to cover the medley but whether she does it or not we\u2019ll just have to wait and see.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe butterfly is where she has to do more work; she couldn\u2019t get that work done in the \u2018fly because of her shoulder (problems) where as she was able to get the back, the breast and the free in \u2013 the shoulder \u2018touch wood\u2019 is getting a little bit better and more manageable where she is starting to gradually fit a little bit more fly (in to her training).<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the medley is certainly an event she could be very, very competitive in \u2013 and there are some good people going around \u2013 the US girls are swimming very, very well at the moment..<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd Kaylee is behind them on best times…but there\u2019s still 18 months to go to Paris so we\u2019ll just have see what her improvement rates are like \u2013 but looking at the likes of Alex Walsh,<\/strong> she\u2019s just so good at all four strokes, and will be very, very hard to be competitive with…so that\u2019s the challenge that Kaylee is facing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf she does decide to do it there is certainly no expectation on her to win it she would be just trying to be as competitive as she can and try and bridge the gap between the two girls….<\/p>\n

\u201cAlex won the World Championships last year by over a second so she\u2019s trying to bridge that gap if she does compete in the World\u2019s in that 200 medley and see how close she can get and that\u2019s another piece of information we will use to see if she does it at the Olympics.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have to see what\u2019s happening in those events in world swimming and base the decisions on how the training goes over the next 18 months and see what happens at the world championships and we\u2019ll see how we go from there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe difficult thing is and why she had to do the 200IM last year and drop the 100m backstroke \u2013 in Australia you can swim 2:14, 2:15 or 2:16 and still make the Trials final…Kaylee has never had to go to 2:10, 20: 9, 2:08 \u2013 so until you experience that and to see if you can handle that it\u2019s all theoretical stuff \u2013 if she wanted to pursue the medley she had to get the experience at doing it internationally and that was the window to see how she went and she managed to get herself on the podium.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was not a guarantee of that, but she got herself into the silver position \u2013 so now it\u2019s seeing what happens over the next 18 months and to see how it develops now that she\u2019s got a good result in that 200 medley and that\u2019s the first international event she\u2019s had in medley and she got a little bit of confidence from that so she\u2019s got a few things to work on and hopefully she can just keep improving.\u201d<\/p>\n

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MEDLEY SPLASH: Summer McIntosh set a new 200Im World Junior Record in Fort Lauderdale. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

Another shaker and mover is Canadian wondergirl Summer McIntosh<\/strong> who last week continued her meteoric rise up the rankings, clocking 2;08.08 to set a new Junior World Record of 2:08.08 in Fort Lauderdale – faster than McKeown’s 2:08.57 in Budapest last year.<\/p>\n

The heats and finals format at the NSW Championships will be swum over three days (March 10-12) with 21 Tokyo Olympians, 14 Paralympians and a total of 47 members of last year\u2019s victorious Birmingham Commonwealth Games swim team arriving in to Sydney Olympic Park.<\/p>\n

It will be another major hit out in the countdown to the World Championship Trials in Melbourne from June 13-18 and the Australian Age and Open Championships in April on the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the best depth of talent we\u2019ve seen at a NSW Open Championships in five years,\u201d said Swimming NSW Coaching Director Jon Shaw.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverywhere you look there\u2019s a superstar \u2013 Olympians and Paralympians in almost every event.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur meet in 2019 was good but I\u2019d even say it\u2019s the best we\u2019ve seen since 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know we went through COVID in 2019 and 2020 but looking at the depth of swimmers from around Australia and throughout NSW, is amazing \u2013 it\u2019s going to be tough just to make finals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joining the five individual Olympic gold medallists will be reigning World Champions\u00a0Mollie O\u2019Callaghan<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Elijah Winnington<\/strong> and Commonwealth Games and World’s gold medallist Shayna Jack,<\/strong>\u00a0who like Titmus represents the powerful St Peters Western club in Queensland.<\/p>\n

The who\u2019s who list continues with triple Olympian\u00a0Cam McEvoy<\/strong>\u00a0(Sommerville House, QLD), swimming\u2019s pop star\u00a0Cody Simpson<\/strong>, four-time World Short Course champion Lani Pallister<\/strong>\u00a0(Griffith University), Tokyo relay gold medallists\u00a0Madi <\/strong>Wilson\u00a0and\u00a0Meg Harris\u00a0(Marion, SA) along with Paralympic gold medallists\u00a0Lakeisha Patterson, Brenden Hall<\/strong>\u00a0(USC Spaartans, QLD) and\u00a0Benjamin Hance<\/strong>\u00a0(St Andrews, QLD) and world record holder and World and Commonwealth champion, Sydney’s own\u00a0Tim Hodge<\/strong>\u00a0(ACU Blacktown, NSW).<\/p>\n

HODGE TRIUMPHANT IN WORLD PARA SWIM SERIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The opening day\u2019s action will feature the men\u2019s 100m freestyle which will live up to it\u2019s blue ribband tag with Aussie sprint king Chalmers lining up against British record holder Lewis Burras<\/strong> (Peel Aquatic, WA) who trains under former British world record holder Zoe Baker <\/strong>in Mandurah.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll be joined by a flurry of talent from Aussie foursome Flynn Southam<\/strong> (Bond, QLD), Will Yang<\/strong> (SOPAC, NSW), Jack Cartwright<\/strong> (St Peters Western, QLD), Olympic relay medallist Matt Temple<\/strong> (Marion, SA) along with Kai Taylor<\/strong> (St Peters Western) and triple Olympian Cam McEvoy<\/strong> to chart buster Cody Simpson<\/strong> ranked 10th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

The first event will see Winnington and Horton (Griffith University) on top of psyche sheets in the men\u2019s 400m freestyle alongside youngsters Joshua Staples<\/strong> (St Peters Western) and Matthew Galea<\/strong> (SOPAC) as well as Australian Surf Team world champion James Koch<\/strong> (Sydney University).<\/p>\n

Followed by the women\u2019s 50m butterfly which will see Australia\u2019s premier Olympic and Commonwealth Games swimmer Emma McKeon<\/strong> (Griffith University, QLD) in the water alongside Commonwealth Games team mate Alexandria Perkins<\/strong> (USC Spartans, QLD) and Marion SA pair Meg Harris<\/strong> and Ellysia Oldsen<\/strong> and Carlile 16-year-old Olivia Wunsch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It will be the first of five events for McKeon who will also line up in the 100 and 200m butterfly and the 50 and 100m freestyle (also on day one) in her first competition since her triumphant World Short Course campaign in Melbourne late last year.<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s100m freestyle will see McKeon up against Shayna Jack, Meg Harris, Madi Wilson, Ariarne Titmus<\/strong> and dual Olympian Brianna Throssell<\/strong> (St Peters Western, QLD), as well s 16-year-olds Milla Jensen<\/strong> (Bond, QLD) and Olivia Wunsch<\/strong> (Carlile, NSW).<\/p>\n

One notable absentee is Mollie O\u2019Callaghan<\/strong> who has chosen to swim the 200m backstroke on the opening day \u2013 where she will face off against world record holder and Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games champion Kaylee McKeown.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The finals session will also see Australia\u2019s big gun distance girls, led by Olympic silver medallist Titmus up against her SPW club mate Kiah Melverton<\/strong> and World Short Course champion Pallister.<\/p>\n

2023 NSW\u00a0STATE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here for LIVE STREAM and START LISTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

SESSION TIMES:\u00a0(Open for all media and filming):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday March 10<\/strong>\u00a0– Heats: 9am; Finals 6pm (Open for all media and filming);<\/p>\n

Saturday, March 11<\/strong>\u00a0– Heats: 9am; Finals 6pm;<\/p>\n

Sunday, March 12<\/strong>\u00a0– Heats: 9am; Finals 5:30pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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